Understanding Infants Psychoanalytically: A Post-Jungian Perspective on Michael Fordham’s Model of Development - 9781032105048

Focussing on infants and the relationship between child and parent, this book presents a discourse on eminent Jungian child analyst Michael Fordham's model of development that extended Jung's theory to infancy and childhood. In this book, Urban, a Jungian psychotherapist in weekly conversations with Fordham, proposes five key new areas that contribute towards the Fordham model of infant development such as identifying periods of primary self-functioning and the active participation of the infant in development. Drawing extensively on the author's observations and experiences working in a London Child and Adolescent Unit and a mother and baby unit, and using real life observations to support the proposed contributions, the reader will gain a deeper understanding of infant development in the context of the relationship with the parents. This book is a unique contribution to the study of child development and is of great interest to paediatricians, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals who work with children and their parents.

• | Author: Elizabeth Urban
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1032105046
• | ISBN-13: 9781032105048